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"...well-run organizations employ technology as a way to improve their performance...Far too often, school leaders fail to consider how technology might dramatically improve teaching and learning, and schools frequently acquire digital devices without discrete learning goals and ultimately use these devices in ways that fail to adequately serve students, schools, or taxpayers." 
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What is the best way to determine students' skills in science? Paper and pencil or hands-on? "The National Assesment for Education Progress used hands-on experiments as a way to test 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students, and found that this kind of assessment gives a much more accurate reflection of student comprehension." The findings were mixed. Although 76% of students (at all grade levels) "performed simple experiments correctly and accurately observed the results" when experiments involved more data sets the ability to complete the experiment and observe dropped to 36%. For more detailed information please read the post.
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This report, published by the Center for American Progress, looks "at the issue of how students used technology and the return that educators were getting on their technology investment." The data comes from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, also known as the National Report Card, and is considered "one of the richest sources of national student survey data"
A few of the findings are listed below as are the sections included in the article. By clicking through you will find additional information on each of the findings and much more. You may also download the report as a pdf.
* Students often use technology for basic skills.
* Students from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to have access to more rigorous STEM-learning opportunities.
Additional sections include: technology's potential, technology's tough questions, the growing digital divide, fulfilling the promise, recommendations and conclusions.